1990 in hip hop music

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This article summarizes the events, album releases, and album release dates in hip hop music for the year 1990.

Released albums

Release Date	Artist	Album
March 13	Poor Righteous Teachers	Holy Intellect
March 19	Salt-n-Pepa	Blacks' Magic
March 26	Digital Underground	Sex Packets
April 10	Public Enemy	Fear of a Black Planet
April 17	A Tribe Called Quest	People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm
April 18	Audio Two	I Don't Care: The Album
April 19	X Clan	To the East, Blackwards
May 16	Ice Cube	AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted
May 22	Eric B. & Rakim	Let the Rhythm Hit 'Em
May 24	Compton's Most Wanted	It's a Compton Thang
July 1	Ice Cube	Kill at Will
July 1	Run-D.M.C.	Back from Hell
July 17	Boogie Down Productions	Edutainment
August 1	Too Short	Short Dog's in the House
August 13	Kool G Rap & DJ Polo	Wanted: Dead or Alive
August 14	N.W.A	100 Miles and Runnin'
August 27	LL Cool J	Mama Said Knock You Out
October 9	Big Daddy Kane	Taste of Chocolate
October 9	Paris (rapper)	The Devil Made Me Do It
October 17	Geto Boys	The Geto Boys
November 20	Salt-n-Pepa	A Blitz of Salt-n-Pepa Hits: The Hits Remixed
December 4	Brand Nubian	One for All
December 15	EPMD	Business as Usual
December 30	Kid Rock	Grits Sandwiches for Breakfast
Unknown	Lakim Shabazz	The Lost Tribe of Shabazz